Pr incision & drainage abscess complicated/multiple at Ocean University Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126
$436.64
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,212.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$252.33 with AETNA vs $4,025.00 with AETNA — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AETNA | MANAGED MEDICAID | $252.33 | ↓ -42% |
| CLOVER | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $319.86 | ↓ -27% |
| SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP | ALL PRODUCTS | $344.74 | ↓ -21% |
| QUALCARE | HMO | $368.00 | ↓ -16% |
| KARNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $385.65 | ↓ -12% |
| AETNA | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $399.53 | ↓ -8% |
| HORIZON | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $399.53 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $399.53 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | $399.53 | ↓ -8% |
| VACCN | ALL PRODUCTS | $399.53 | ↓ -8% |
| WELLCARE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $399.53 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $419.51 | ↓ -4% |
| HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN | MEDICARE ADVANTAGE | $436.64 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | DSNP | $523.97 | ↑ +20% |
| OXFORD | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,168.56 | ↑ +168% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | HMO | $1,224.71 | ↑ +180% |
| HORIZON | PIP | $1,373.62 | ↑ +215% |
| QUALCARE | PPO | $1,380.73 | ↑ +216% |
| AETNA | ASA | $1,391.39 | ↑ +219% |
| ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,510.45 | ↑ +246% |
| MULTIPLAN - PHCS | ALL PRODUCTS | $1,510.45 | ↑ +246% |
| INTERGROUP | SHARED SAVINGS | $1,548.40 | ↑ +255% |
| INTERGROUP | WORKERS COMP | $1,548.40 | ↑ +255% |
| QUALCARE | WORKERS COMP | $1,563.76 | ↑ +258% |
| PRIME HEALTH | AUTO INSURANCE | $1,769.60 | ↑ +305% |
| PRIME HEALTH | WORKERS COMP | $1,769.60 | ↑ +305% |
| HORIZON | WORKERS COMP | $3,349.00 | ↑ +667% |
| AETNA | PPO | $4,025.00 | ↑ +822% |
| AETNA | HMO | $4,025.00 | ↑ +822% |
| HORIZON | SHP | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | OMNIA | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | INDEMNITY | not published by hospital | — |
| HORIZON | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA | PPO | not published by hospital | — |
| CIGNA | HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| BERGEN RISK | ALL PRODUCTS | not published by hospital | — |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | REGIONAL HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIHEALTH | LOCAL HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| AMERIGROUP | MANAGED MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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